Leather Journals with Exposed Stitching

You might have noticed that I’m a huge fan of Keith Smith’s decorative bindings. Here are two more I tried recently as part of my 50 Book Project. Both are small pocket sized books 3.5″ x 5″ with leather covers and wrappers, and handmade paper signatures.

The first is a Barber Pole pattern with four signatures and two different colored threads.

And the second is a binding called Soft K’s:

To check out all the other books in the 50 Book Project, please click here.